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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Walckenaeria  Blackwall, 1833   62 species

Walckenaeria vilbasteae Wunderlich, 1980

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013407

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Description
Male

Prosoma vivid orange, margins darkened, cephalic part darker, suffused with grey. Prosoma length: 1.05 mm. Legs vivid orange. Opisthosoma medium grey.

Body length male: 2.4 mm
Female

Female unknown.

Additional information

Only one male found so far.

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Record from Finland dubious (Pajunen et al., 2009: 81), therefore removed
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Estonia
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1980i)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Wunderlich 1980i)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1980i)

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male Prosoma, frontal view
(Wunderlich 1980i)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1980i)

Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) |||
References

Pajunen T, Koponen S, Saaristo M I, Väisänen R A (2009) Walckenaeria furcillata (Menge, 1869) and Walckenaeria lepida (Kulczynski, 1885) in Finland (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 85: 79-85 pdf

Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1980i) Walckenaeria (Tigellinus) vilbastae n. sp. aus Estland (Arachnida: Araneida: Linyphiidae). Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 25: 411-413 pdf

Updates
21-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
14-08-2015 Distribution update Detail